fehtan
Old Saxon
verb
Definitions
- to fight
Etymology
Inherited from *fehtan inherited from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (comb, tease, shear, struggle with, struggle, contend with).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fehtaną
Gloss
comb, tease, shear, struggle with, struggle, contend with
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- fekte Norwegian Bokmål
- *fehtandz Proto-Germanic
- *fehtaną Proto-Germanic
- fekte Norwegian Nynorsk
- befeohtan Old English
- feohtan Old English
- feohtlac Old English
- gefeohtan Old English
- fighten Middle English
- fehtan Old High German
- *fehtan gmw-pro
- fehtan Old Dutch
- anvechten Middle Low German
- vechten Middle Low German
- fækta Old Swedish
- fecht Scots
- fiuchta Old Frisian
- fächtje Saterland Frisian
- fechten Low German